Seajet
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Scotty,
not tremendously tasteful in the circumstances.
not tremendously tasteful in the circumstances.
Advice: boat for singlehanded UK circumnavigation
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Scotty_Tradewind
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Not meant for your consumption..... you are meant to apply! .......
Seajet
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Righto Scotty,
I'll give them a call; but having been out around Portsmouth with submariners I think my age and liver are past it !
Andy
interloper
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Don’t forget pride of ownership. Never buy an ugly boat. You won’t like it regardless of how well it fulfills every other requirement.
In this thread, there are lots of posts concerning keel configuration, build quality, windward ability, engine type, and whether the propeller will foul lobster pots, but there is no mention of aesthetics. A prolific member of this forum recently changed boats. He stated several reasons for getting rid of his old boat that centered on the motor and the age of the boat, but I could not help but notice that he frequently stated the opinion the boat was ugly.
In this thread, there are lots of posts concerning keel configuration, build quality, windward ability, engine type, and whether the propeller will foul lobster pots, but there is no mention of aesthetics. A prolific member of this forum recently changed boats. He stated several reasons for getting rid of his old boat that centered on the motor and the age of the boat, but I could not help but notice that he frequently stated the opinion the boat was ugly.
bitbaltic
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Just read through the thread which has got drifted by some of our usual personality conflicts.
Just wanted to pick up on this. Is the OP really saying that he wants to circumnavigate the UK but is put off unless his boat has hot water?
Circumnavigation is surely more of a challenge than boiling a kettle of water. How many kettles must you boil on the way around before you exceed the cost of a fitted calorifier, I can't help but wonder...
dylanwinter
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who is this shallow bloke?
although still better to sail an ugly boat than not sail at all
who is this shallow bloke?
although still better to sail an ugly boat than not sail at all
bitbaltic
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"I never saw an ugly thing in my life: for let the form of an object be what it may - light, shade, and perspective will always make it beautiful."
John Constable. One of my favourite quotes.
Cheers
dylanwinter
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bitbaltic
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Haha! well he probably had not sailed much in Mirrors.
I think he was not. If he was only talking about the landscapes and subjects in the time of his work, I like to take it as a metaphor for how one ought to regard people and things dear to them, because- perhaps only because- it is encouraging to do so. I think it is a very inspiring thought to muse on before declaring one's distaste for the appearance of some thing, at the very least.
Wave22
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Absolutely! I didn't specifically say hot water was a priority, I mentioned it amongst a number of other factors, but I do think that when you're spending two or three months aboard then comfort and convenience is a factor. Don't you? It's different if you're just going for a week or so but three months is a long time. Showering under a kettle is ok but it does tend to take the skin off.
But anyway, could we get back to the boats...?!
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dylanwinter
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comfort schumfort
comfort schmumfort.
committment is what you need
what I want to hear about is rufty tufty hard men battling the elements in unpheasably small and damp boats
Dylan
Absolutely! I didn't specifically say hot water was a priority, I mentioned it amongst a number of other factors, but I do think that when you're spending two or three months aboard then comfort and convenience is a factor. Don't you? I't different if you're just going for a week or so but three months is a long time.
But anyway, could we get back to the boats...?!
comfort schmumfort.
committment is what you need
what I want to hear about is rufty tufty hard men battling the elements in unpheasably small and damp boats
Dylan
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Wave22
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Yantlet
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You public school boys are all the same!
dylanwinter
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Yantlet
Member
More like bullet proof I'd say
Seajet
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interloper,
there's a lot of truth in what you say, some people call it the ' Row Away Factor', as ones' heart swells looking back as one rows away.
Which may well explain the look of some modern AWB boats one cheerfully pushes the trolley away from while facing the way shorewards along the pontoon !
I did state my pet theory in a recent thread about boat looks v functionality, if it was possible to combine the function of a Centaur with the looks of a Contessa 32 and feel on the helm of an Anderson 22, no-one would ever need any other boat !
dylanwinter
Active member
no, no, no
surely if one could combine the function of an Anderson 22 with the looks of an Anderson 22 and the feel on the helm of an Anderson 22 there would be no other boats
AngusMcDoon
Well-known member
Are you saying that a Contessa 32 looks better than an A22? Surely not! Have you got some pictures of an A22 we can feast our eyes on?
Seajet
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Dylan,
on reflection you're probably right.
Angus,
I'm afraid we only have such pictures in our Gentlemens Evening Entertainment Clubs. For people of other inclinations I understand there are the Grimsby and Brighton branches.
Andy
sarabande
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Umm, that is rubbish. Get a Rival 34, with reasonable sails and cleanish hull into a groove, and she will sit in the slot as close as you wish.
(ex Rival 34 sailer)
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